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Tony Fisher
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Joined: April 30 2005
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Topic: zabrieskipdsointw has got to go Posted: January 05 2006 at 14:35 |
I have just looked at this guy's ratings of the top 30 albums in the chart. He has rated 17 of them.
14 are rated 1* including CTTE, SEBTP, TAAB, Foxtrot, ITCOTCK, Moving Pictures, Red, Pawn Hearts, Larks Tongues, Octopus, Moonmadness, Second Life Syndrome, SFAJT, and Aqualung.
3 are rated 5* - all Pink Floyd.
He has reviewed a number of other albums i(ncluding one album twice!) with 1*.
This is not objective reviewing/rating. It makes a mockery of the site.
I request that
a) all his ratings should be deleted b) he should be banned from the site
Thanks
Tony Fisher
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MikeEnRegalia
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Joined: April 22 2005
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 14:45 |
I can't find any real reviews ... are these all ratings without reviews?
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hawkbrock
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 15:47 |
I agree, these people have no good use for the internet.
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Ricochet
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 16:03 |
Tony Fisher wrote:
I have just looked at this guy's ratings of the top 30 albums in the chart. He has rated 17 of them.
14
are rated 1* including CTTE, SEBTP, TAAB, Foxtrot, ITCOTCK, Moving
Pictures, Red, Pawn Hearts, Larks Tongues, Octopus, Moonmadness, Second
Life Syndrome, SFAJT, and Aqualung.
3 are rated 5* - all Pink Floyd.
He has reviewed a number of other albums i(ncluding one album twice!) with 1*.
This is not objective reviewing/rating. It makes a mockery of the site.
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I'm sorry,am usually against mockeries here,but how can you be
sure?...if it's only ratings,how can you be sure they're
spam/troll/mockery messages...
if it does not show a message in which guidelines are clearly broken,how can you condemn him for his rating?
is it just a frustation because top albums get low ratings,or do you know for sure that he is up to no good?
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Easy Livin
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Joined: February 21 2004
Location: Scotland
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 16:13 |
OK, I'm not going to get involved in examining all the ratings without reviews, that would be a simply impossible task. I do keep an eye on them though for any clear abuse.
In this case though, I think the point is fair and well made. All the 28 ratings are 1's except 3 for Pink Floyd which are 5's. A clear attempt to manipulate chart standings. I have deleted all the ratings.
I would emphasise that this is very much an exception though, so please do not start any witch-hunts. The real solution is in the ratings without reviews discussion.
Banning reviewers from the site is not possible at present, as you don't have to register to post a review anyway.
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chopper
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Joined: July 13 2005
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 17:49 |
Tony Fisher wrote:
I have just looked at this guy's ratings of the top 30 albums in the chart. He has rated 17 of them.
14
are rated 1* including CTTE, SEBTP, TAAB, Foxtrot, ITCOTCK, Moving
Pictures, Red, Pawn Hearts, Larks Tongues, Octopus, Moonmadness, Second
Life Syndrome, SFAJT, and Aqualung.
3 are rated 5* - all Pink Floyd.
He has reviewed a number of other albums i(ncluding one album twice!) with 1*.
This is not objective reviewing/rating. It makes a mockery of the site.
I request that
a) all his ratings should be deleted b) he should be banned from the site
Thanks
Tony Fisher
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An obvious attempt to bump Floyd up the charts, methinks. Well spotted.
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stan the man
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Joined: January 24 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 504
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Posted: January 25 2006 at 00:21 |
^ why though they already have a good amount in the top 100. i dont think he should be banned. but i agree that what he did is stupid. what a joke. if that is really his taste then he needs to grow a new pair of ears.
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true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants.
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